Limited Use of Evaluative Evidence in Public Policy, Planning and Voluntary National Review (VNR) Development – Policy Brief

This policy brief is a succinct summary of findings from the discussion paper titled VNRs and SDG evaluations in Anglophone Africa and Latin America: A mapping of common challenges and emerging good practices (2022) by DEval and CLEAR-AA and CLEAR-LAC. The policy brief is important because it recommends five remedial policies for addressing the marginalised position of evaluation in VNR development. The recommendations are targeted and government policymakers, parliaments, evaluation stakeholders, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD) institutions.